The poll found that presidential elections held without an Abbas candidacy put imprisoned Fateh leader Marwan Barghouti as the strongest contender with only 10.5% of the vote. Prime minister of the Hamas-controlled government in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh came a close second, with 9.8% of the vote. A surprising 5.1% supported deposed security chief Mohammed Dahlan and an additional 3.3% would elect head peace process negotiator Saeb Erekat.

The largest proportion, 33.6%, said that they did not yet know who they would vote for.

Other results found that more than one-quarter of respondents saw the performance of the Palestinian Authority as slipping, up from 15.8% in April. The poll comes just after a series of publicly outed improprieties by government officials.

The poll, which had a margin of error of +-3, was conducted on August 19-23, 2015.